Never Die hired the trader and criminal mastermind Begas Tok to locate a representative of the Alliance so that he could give them the Shard. However, recognizing the profit he could make with the Shard, Tok stole the program from the Alderaanian slicer and took it to the planet Tatooine in order to sell it to the highest bidder. Tok scheduled a meeting aboard the Dune Princess—a luxurious sail barge owned by one of Jabba the Hutt'slieutenants, Heater—under the cover of one of his sabacc parties. The Empire and Alliance both sent representatives to the meeting to attempt to acquire the Shard. Never Die also sent his droid, 0-1B, disguised as a common medical droid, to retrieve the program from Tok and either return it to Never Die or ensure it was placed in the hands of Rebel agents. In the event 0-1B was unable to retrieve the slicing program, Never Die equipped the droid with a data virus to use to destroy the Shard. An unexpected sandstorm grounded the Dune Princess during the meeting, trapping all aboard until the storm passed.[1]

Never Die went into a rage when the Empire destroyed his homeworld. A skilled slicer, he designed the Shard of Alderaan as revenge against the Empire, hoping the Rebel Alliance would use his program to listen to guarded Imperial transmissions.[1]